There are fully forty towers, which are lofty and well built, the largest of which has fifty steps leading to its main body, and is higher than the tower of the principal tower of the church at Seville.
Designers from Milan think that 'more is more,' like Cavalli and Dolce & Gabbana.
I would define the baroque as that style that deliberately exhausts (or tries to exhaust) its own possibilities, and that borders on self-caricature. The baroque is the final stage in all art, when art flaunts and squanders its resources.
I was pirouette and flourish, I was filigree and flame. How could I count my blessings when I didn't know their names?
If people want to see Beaux-Arts, it's fine with me. I'm interested in good architecture as anybody else.
The Victorian house and lots of other buildings weren't oppressive in themselves. They were often very airy and gingerbready and fancy. But they were associated with all this [Victorian] stuffiness.
The terrifying and edible beauty of Art Nouveau architecture.
One my favorite things is to go to the provinces of Russia and see the 18th century wood churches with the onion dome architecture. These humble wonders of incredible imagination of architects that were obviously not living in places like Paris or London, but they've created these amazing churches.
Gothic architecture requires individual craftsmanship. The wish to create an enclosed world for the congregation gives rise in Gothic architecture to the need to create something wherein the activity of the congregation plays a part.
The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.
